‘The Breakfast of Champions’ Found in Dad’s Garage

No, it's not a Mickey Mantle rookie card or a Honus Wagner T-206 but the value of these relics are worth more than money to me.A few days ago, I was at my father's house (where I grew up) and had to find something for him in the garage. What should my wondering eyes appear? A couple of old Wheaties cereal boxes that I had saved when I was an early teen.

Wheaties has been calling itself "The Breakfast of Champions" for longer than I have been alive. To grace the cover of the box is akin to making the cover of Sports Illustrated. Maybe even better. The athletes depicted on the boxes I saved definitely represented the best of the best.

A bit dusty and a bit crumpled (the Largent boxes are unopened and still have the cereal inside!), I snatched them up and took them home to give to my 8 year-old son. Maybe someday he will pass them along to his child.